Major Economic Indicators (1949-1998)
Item Unit 1949 1952 1960 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
Gross Domestic Product billion   67.9 145.7 225.27 451.78 1854.79 5847.81 7955.28
Per Capita Gross Domestic Product yuan   119 218 275 460 1634 4854 6404
Steel 1000tn 158 1350 18660 17790 37120 66350 95360 115590
Crude Oil 1000tn 120 440 3730 30650 105950 138310 150049.5 161000
Coal million tn 32 66 369 354 620 1080 1361 1250
Electricity billion kwh 4.3 7.3 59.4 115.9 300.6 621.2 1007.73 1167
Grain million tn 113.18 163.92 143.5 239.96 320.56 446.24 466.62 490
Cotton 1000tn 444 1304 1063 2277 2707 4508 4765 4500


China's Rural Areas in 50 Year
Item Unit 1949 1978 1998
Annual Grain Production Capacity million ton 100   500
Impoverished Population million   250 42
Average Annual Net Income of Farmers yuan 44 135 2,162
Farmers' Spending on Food among Total Income % 69   53


Construction Sector Growing Fast in China
Item Unit 1949 1979 1998
Annual Output Value billion yuan *   1,000
Completed Construction Areas million sq.m     657
Taxes Income billion yuan     30
Overseas Construction Contract Volume million US dollar   51 11,300
Number of Partner Countries and Regions     100 181
* Accounted for about 1.1 percent of the total national income.        


China Tuning in Information Age
Item Unit 1950s 1990s
Business Volume of Posts and Telecommunications million yuan 245 230,000
Telephone Users million   138
Mobile Phone Users million   23


China's Industrial Competitiveness Increasing
Item Unit 1950s 1990s
Added Value of Industrial Output billion yuan 12 3,300
Shares of GDP %   42
Number of Enterprises thousand 170 8,000
Number of Employees million 13 139
Manufactured Goods' Proportion of Total Exports. %   90


China's Rural Businesses in 50 Year
Item Unit 1960s 1980s 1998
Total Added Output Value billion yuan     2,218
Shares of GDP %     27.9
Shares of Total National Tax Revenues %     20
Shares of the Total Exports %     34.8
Number of Firms million 1 18 20
Number of Employees million 5 95 130


China: a Rising World Trade Power
Item Unit 1950s 1979 1998
Annual Import and Export Values billion US dollar *   323. 9
Ranked in the World by Foreign Trade Volue     32 11
Foreign Reserve million dollars   840 145,000
Trade Partners   60   227
Export by Foreign-funded Enterprises billion dollars     80
Shares of GDP %   9.8 33.8
* About several hundreds of millions of US dollars.        


Facts and Figures on Lives of Chinese People
Item Unit 1952 1978 1998
Average Disposable Income yuan   1695 5, 425
Annual Cash Income for Rural Residents yuan 44   2162
Actual Spending of Each Chinese yuan 80   2,973
Private Saving Deposits billion yuan 0.86 21 5,340.70
Food Accounted on Total Spending        
for Urban Residents %     45
for Rural Residents %     53


Facts and Figures on China's Population
Item Unit 1949 1998
Population million 500 1,248
Birth Rate per thousand 30 16
Natural Growth Rate per thousand   9.5
Fertility Rate of Women   6 1.8
Mortality Rate per thousand 30 6.5
Infant Mortality Rate per thousand 200 33
Average Life Expectancy   35 71


China's Urbanization Rate in 50 Year
Item 1949 1966 1972 1978 1997
Total Population 54,167 74,542 87,177 96,259 123,646
Urban Residents 5,765 13,313 14,935 17,245 36,989
Urbanization Level 10.64 17.86 17.13 17.92 29.92


Main Statistical Indicators of Urban and Rural Population (1995-1998)
unit: 10,000        
Item 1952 1978 1997 1998
Total Population at the end of year 57482 96259 123626 124810
Urban Residents 7163 17245 36989 37942
Rural Residents 50319 79014 86637 86868


Statistical Table of Urbanization Level (1949-1998)
unit: 10,000      
Year Total Population Urban Residents Urbanization Rate %
1949 54167 5765 10.64
1966 74542 13313 17.86
1972 87177 14935 17.13
1978 96259 17245 17.92
1997 123646 36989 29.92





Statistical Table of Cities Divided by East-Middle-West (1978-1997)
Year Total Eastern Cities   Central Cities   Western Cities